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iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Apr 23, 2021 5:59pm Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received his first COVID-19 jab at an Ottawa pharmacy on April 23, 2021. Photo: Adam Scotti / PMO Good evening to you. Photo: Adam Scotti / PMO Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie received their first doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Friday at an Ottawa pharmacy. Trudeau said he was “very excited” and offered an enthusiastic “yay” with two thumbs up once he was jabbed. At a briefing Friday, Trudeau urged people to do the same. “If you’re eligible for your vaccine like we are, make sure you get your dose as soon as possible,” he said. ....
OTTAWA The Supreme Court of Canada says an American Indigenous man has a constitutionally protected right to hunt in British Columbia given his people’s historic ties to the region. The decision today comes in the case of Richard Lee Desautel, a U.S. citizen who was charged with hunting without a licence after shooting an elk near Castlegar, B.C. Desautel defended his actions on the basis he had an Aboriginal right to hunt protected by section 35(1) of Canada’s Constitution Act. Desautel is a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes of Washington state, a successor of the Sinixt people, whose ancestral territory extended into B.C. ....
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada says an American Indigenous man has a constitutionally protected right to hunt in British Columbia given his people’s historic ties to the region. The decision today comes in the case of Richard Lee Desautel, a U.S. citizen who was charged with hunting without a licence after shooting an elk near Castlegar, B.C. Desautel defended his actions on the basis he had an Aboriginal right to hunt protected by section 35(1) of Canada’s Constitution Act. Desautel is a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes of Washington state, a successor of the Sinixt people, whose ancestral territory extended into B.C. ....
iPolitics By Leslie MacKinnon. Published on Apr 23, 2021 12:32pm The Supreme Court of Canada building, located in downtown Ottawa. Jan. 3, 2020. Jolson Lim/iPolitics Richard Lee Desautel, an American citizen who has never lived in Canada, who shot an elk near Castlegar, B.C., has an Indigenous right to hunt in Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday in a 7-2 decision. His case marks the first time the top court considered the meaning of “Aboriginal peoples of Canada” as it is written in the Constitution Act of 1982 and could determine whether Canada has a duty to consult or negotiate with, or allocate resources to Indigenous people in another country. ....
Article content OTTAWA An American Indigenous man has a constitutionally protected right to hunt in British Columbia given his people’s historic ties to the region, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The top court’s 7-2 decision Friday upheld the acquittal of Richard Lee Desautel, a U.S. citizen who was charged with hunting without a licence and hunting big game while not a resident of B.C. after shooting an elk near Castlegar in 2010. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Supreme Court affirms American Indigenous man s right to hunt in B.C. Back to video ....